| ==Phrack Inc.== | |
| Volume Two, Issue Ten, Phile #4 of 9 | |
| A Beginner's Guide to: | |
| The IBM VM/370 | |
| (or what to do once you've gotten in) | |
| A monograph by Elric of Imrryr | |
| Presented by Lunatic Labs UnLimted. | |
| KopyRite (K) 1986 | |
| RePrint what you like | |
| Note: This file is formatted for printing | |
| on a 80 Column, 55 line printer. | |
| PREFACE: What this guide is about. | |
| This was written to help Hackers learn to basics of how to function on an | |
| IBM VM/370. Not as a guide on how to get in, but on how to use it one | |
| you have gotten in. | |
| Comments on this are welcome at RIPCO 312-528-5020. | |
| Note: To VM/370 Hackers, feel free to add to this file, just give myself | |
| & Lunatic Labs credit for our parts. | |
| PART 1: Logging in & out | |
| When you connect to a VM/370 system hit RETURN till you see: | |
| VM/370 | |
| ! | |
| To logon you type: | |
| logon userid ('logon' may be abbreviated to 'l') | |
| If you enter an invalid userid, It will respond with a message: | |
| 'userid not in cp directory'. | |
| If it is valid you with get: | |
| ENTER PASSWORD: | |
| Enter your password, then your in, hopefully.... | |
| Logging Out: | |
| Type: | |
| log | |
| PART 2: Loading CMS & Getting set up | |
| When you logon, if you do not see the message 'VM/SP CMS - (date) (time) | |
| you will need to load 'CMS' (CMS in a command interpreter). | |
| Type: | |
| cp ipl cms | |
| You should then see something like this: | |
| R; T=0.01/0.01 08:05:50 | |
| Now you will be able to use both CP & CMS commands... | |
| Some system my think you are using an IBM 3270 Terminal, if you can | |
| emulate a 3270 (for example with Crosstalk) do so, if not type: | |
| set terminal typewriter or set terminal dumb | |
| PART 3: Files | |
| You can list your files by typing: | |
| filelist | |
| Wildcards can be used, so: | |
| filelist t* | |
| list all files beginning with a 't'. | |
| Filenames are made up of a FILENAME and FILETYPE | |
| You can list a file by typing: | |
| listfile filename filetype | |
| Other file commands are: copyfile, erase, and rename, they all work with | |
| FILENAME FILETYPE. | |
| PART 4: Editing your files | |
| I'm going to keep this down to the basics and only discuss one editor | |
| XEDIT. To use XEDIT type: | |
| xedit filename filetype | |
| Once in XEDIT, enter the command 'input' to enter text, hit a RETURN on | |
| a blank line to return to command mode, then enter the command 'FILE' to | |
| save your file. | |
| PART 5: Communicating with others on the system | |
| Sending & receiving 'NOTES': | |
| To send a 'NOTE' to another user type: | |
| note userid | |
| You will then be in the XEDIT subsystem, see PART 4. | |
| Once you are done writing your NOTE, save the file and type: | |
| send note | |
| This will send the NOTE to userid. | |
| You can also use the SEND command to send other files by typing: | |
| send filename filetype userid. | |
| Sending messages: | |
| You can use the TELL command to communicate with a user who is current | |
| logged on, type: | |
| tell userid Help me! | |
| PART 6: Getting Help | |
| Type: | |
| help | |
| That's it, good luck. | |